IPA (disambiguation)

IPA commonly refers to:

• the International Phonetic Alphabet, a system of phonetic notation
  • its organisation, the International Phonetic Association
• India pale ale, a style of beer
• isopropyl alcohol, rubbing alcohol
• Isophthalic acid, precursor for advanced polymers and fire resistant materials (Nomex)
• Isopropyl acetate, solvent used in some inks and perfumes

IPA may also refer to:

Organizations

International

• Insolvency Practitioners Association of the UK and Ireland
• Institute of Public Administration (disambiguation) (similarly named bodies in various countries)
• International Permafrost Association
• International Play Association
• International Police Association
• International Police Academy, operated by the US Office of Public Safety
• International Polka Association
• International Professional Pool Association, a governing body for players of pool
• International Psychoanalytical Association
• International Publishers Association

Australia

• Institute of Public Accountants, Australia
• Institute of Public Affairs, Australia

United States

• Independent Pilots Association, United States
• Independence Party of America
• Institute for Propaganda Analysis, United States
• Institute for Public Accuracy, United States
• Island Pacific Academy, a school in Hawaii
• Innovations for Poverty Action, US
• Independent practice association, term for an association of physicians
• Innovative Products of America, US tool manufacturer

Other

• The Involvement and Participation Association
• Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, UK
• Institute of Public Affairs, Poland
• Instituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos Politécnicos, Portugal
• Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia
• Important Plant Area, UK

Science and technology

• FreeIPA, an LDAP-based user-authentication computer software suite for identity, policy and audit
• Intelligent personal assistant, a type of software
• Intermediate power amplifier, a part of a radio transmitter
• Interprocedural analysis, a computer-optimization technique
• .ipa (file extension), extension for Apple iOS applications
• Ingenuity Pathway Analysis, software for biologists from Ingenuity Systems
• Information Processing Architecture, an International Computers Limited (ICL) proprietary networking software stack

Other

• Indigenous Protected Area, Australia
• Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, funding assistance programme of the EU
• Interpretative phenomenological analysis
• Important Plant Areas (UK programme to protect plant life across the globe, started by plantlife